I purchased the EHX 8 Step sequencer which is great but I’d like to create a complex setup that runs multiple sequences in tandem to different 'foogers while ideally being able to save patches. Does such a thing exist? The best I’ve seen is a rack mount Oberheim sequencer that can run three different sequences at once but offers no patch saving (and runs $700)
Surely the best answer isn’t to buy 7 or 8 EHX sequencers and sync the midi clocks for each?!
Are there any news on the issue of BSP potentially frying a moog - including Moogerfoogers, which maximally takes 5v? I am getting a BSP, and would love to use the cvs with my Minitaur and MFs, but since the BSP goes to 10v, I would be rather safe than sorry.
It seems to me that people converge on the necessity of some degree of attenuation. Cables or DIY boxes. As I think e.g. KOMA cables appear a bit imprecise and as I am hopeless at soldering, I am lost. I am quite surprised that one cannot get small attenuator boxes commercially. There is of course ones like this http://www.doepfer.de/a1832.htm for Eurorack, but even though their price appears decent, it will bring along lots of extra costs, and I probably should have three.
Sure!! I have one already . But I would need two more if I would control my Minitaur with BSP cv out (so far I use the midi, and it works fine, so it is not a biggie). And for current purposes two more beauties are not on the table. I may then rather go the Doepfer road (but I hesitate: It is opening up for a new path of endless possibilities).
The standard model sounds like exactly what you are looking for, and provides 1/4" jacks (in the larger 5U ‘Moog Unit’ format) instead of 1/8" (3U Eurorack).
Actually, the attenuator doesn’t have to be installed in a box. As a quick & easy Saturday afternoon project, I took a couple of passive Synthesizers.com modules and a scrap piece of 1" x 2" and created a custom little Euro/5U Converter. Sawing the wood into two pieces (sized for the modules), I made a top and bottom rail that the modules screw into. I painted the wood black before assembly, and then used a labelmaker to create the legending at the top. Finally, I put some self-stick feet on the bottom of the rails to keep the assembly from sliding around:
Except for the cost of the module, you could do something similar for very little money…
I would like to know the authoritative answer to this as well. The internet is full of conflicting information ranging from “no problems” to “burning your Moog”. I simply don’t understand the sentence from Arturia: “Gates go to 10V and higher, therefore it will work and won’t broke your machine if it requires 5V.” I thought anything above 5V is a potential problem for Moog gear, so how can 10V and higher be a non problem?
I use my beat step pro(s) to control everything from my modular to my 104M and Koma FT-201.
Another great option that no one has mentioned is the Voice of Saturn sequencer. You get a very usable voltage range, it can run at almost audio rates, you get a gate output per step, a summed gate output, it’s got 1/4" jacks, it’s not plastic, it’s less than most moogerfoogers. If you ever want to move up to a 5u modular, the sequencer can be moved directly into a modular case, it will run off of almost any power.
I think the only reason it’s not more popular, is because people just don’t know it exists.
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Individual gate on/off per step. And you can run it off of an external or the internal clock. You can even plug in a momentary foot switch into the clock input, and it will just advance one step when you step on the switch. I’m not exactly sure why Moog hasn’t made something similar already. I bought mine for $300 shipped.